Portland Street Response has garnered significant support from a diverse range of individuals and groups within the Portland community. This widespread endorsement underscores the importance and broad appeal of the initiative. Below is a comprehensive list of elected officials, organizations, faith communities, and businesses that have publicly endorsed Portland Street Response, demonstrating a strong coalition backing its mission.
Endorsements for Portland Street Response
Elected Officials
- Mayor Ted Wheeler
- Commissioner Chloe Eudaly
- Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty
- Commissioner Nick Fish
- Metro Councilor Christine Lewis
- Metro Councilor Sam Chase
- State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer, Chair, Oregon House Committee on Human Services and Housing
- State Rep. Rob Nosse
- Ruth Adkins, Former Portland Public Schools board member
- Khanh Pham, Democratic nominee for Oregon House District 46
- Sam Adams, former mayor
Organizations
- 350PDX
- Business For A Better Portland
- Central City Concern
- Central Eastside Industrial Council
- Democratic Socialists of America, Portland chapter
- Disability Rights Oregon
- Downtown Neighborhood Association
- Empower Portland
- Farm Worker Ministry Northwest
- Friends of South Park Blocks
- Gather:Make:Shelter
- Hatch the Future
- Home Forward
- Human Family
- Human Solutions
- Hygiene4All
- Independent Green Party of Portland
- Innovation Law Lab
- Justice Coalition
- Kenton Neighborhood Association
- Lents Strong! Housing Team
- Living Earth Gatherings
- Mapping Action Collective
- Montavilla Emergency Warming Shelter (MEWS)
- Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
- Northwest Pilot Project
- Oliver Station, Tenant Council
- Old Town Community Association
- Operation Nightwatch
- Portland Oregon Justice Resource Center
- Oregon Renters in Action
- Oregon Student Service Corps
- OR Progressive Party
- Outside In housing department
- Outside In youth department
- Outside the Frame
- Overlook Oregon Islamic Chaplains Organization
- PDX Emergency Communications, Neighborhood incident alerts Dispatch Administration
- p:ear community
- Portland Assembly, Community Network
- Portland Harbor Community Coalition
- Portland Interfaith Clergy Resistance
- Portland Spirit Led Justice Alliance
- Portland State University Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative
- Portland United Against Hate (PUAH)
- Rahab’s Sisters
- Real Choice Initiative
- Resolutions Northwest
- Rev. Sandra Decker
- Right 2 Survive
- ROSE Community Development
- Sarah Iannarone, Candidate, City of Portland Mayor 2020
- Soul Motion LLC
- Street Books
- Sunrise Movement PDX
- The Equi Institute
- Tivnu: Building Justice
- Transition Projects
- University Park Condominiums
- Urban League of Portland
- VIVA Inclusive Migrant Network
- Welcome Home Coalition
Faith Communities
- Augustana Lutheran Church
- Bridgeport United Church of Christ
- Congregation Shir Tikvah
- gloria halper, retired PPS teacher
- HOMEpdx Interfaith Alliance on Poverty
- Portland First Unitarian Church
- Portland Buddhist Peace Fellowship
- Portland’s UnShul
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish
- St. Stephen’s Episcopal Parish/Clay Street Table
- Westminster Presbyterian Church
Businesses
- Albies & Stark LLC
- Rachael Austin
- Dr. Casey Carpenter, LLC
- Jennifer Darling, Personal Trainer
- Extensis Foundation PDX
- Ganesh & Demeter Apothecarius
- Joey Gleason, Owner Kamp Grizzly
- Kate McNulty, LCSW
- Love Portland Group
- Mad Hanna, Liz Hanna, Owner
- Marigold Coffee & Buckman Coffee Factory
- Mendez Creative LLC
- New Traditional Architecture
- Passages Bookshop
- Peregrine Relocations
- Portland ADU
- Rational Unicorn Legal Services
- Ride Report
- David Robinson, Attorney
- Splendid Cycles
- Starter Bread, Matt Kedzie, Owner
- Stone Soup PDX
- TenBridge Partners
- Tina Kolpakowski, Spark Academic Coaching
- TITAN Freight Systems
This extensive list of endorsements highlights the broad community support for Portland Street Response, reflecting a collective desire for innovative and effective approaches to community safety and well-being in Portland.
